Four people in this SUV were killed Saturday when it crashed head-on into a school bus carrying Lafayette High School baseball players.

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Editor's Note: One of the victims in Saturday's crash, Dwayne Escort, was originally reported to be 7 years old. After further investigation, Louisiana State Police say Escort was 14 years old. This story has been changed to reflect the latest information.

Lafayette Parish school bus driver Amy Dore, 40, of Sunset is being hailed as a hero for keeping her bus upright after it was hit Saturday by a car, crossed a frontage road and came to rest upright in a muddy sugar cane field.

None of the passengers on the bus - Lafayette High School baseball players and coaches - were seriously injured. ...